# Are Kias good cars now? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 8, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157 "2012-03-08T16:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![matthew\_B\_Miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@matthew\_B\_Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matthew_B_Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157/41 "2014-10-30T18:08:11Z")
I don’t think any of you convinced me that Kias are any good. A car should be able to last over 100,000 miles. I guess it doesn’t matter if some of you total your car every 2 years. It’s a major problem some of you pointed out, when a transmission fails at 160,000km, or when the clutch needs replaced after 60,000. A used Kia after a few years wouldn’t be worth it to put a new transmission in. And it doesn’t make sense to spend more than the value of the car to replace a style of transmission which is known to fail early. Show me a Kia with 300,000+ miles and maybe you’ll have a shred credibility. Even the guy with the Dodge Neon pointed out - his car has gone 140,000 miles without any repairs (and Neons are not known for being good cars). ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157/42 "2014-10-31T03:03:59Z")
Wow. You dug up a two year old thread to bash Kias. You mention transmission failure at 160,000 Km, yet the only transmission failure mentioned in this thread was @ 157,000 **miles** which is a bit over 250,000 Km. Oh well I guess the question is WWAZD? What would a zombie drive? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157/43 "2014-10-31T03:17:39Z")
FWIW my 2009 Hyundai Elantra has about 390,000 kms on it now with no major repairs. (Come to think of it, no minor repairs. I did the front disc brakes once, and changed some bulbs, but that’s it!) I’m hearing some clunking occasionally in the rear suspension, so I should get that looked at. I haven’t been kind to this car. About 90% of the mileage (kilometerage?) has been on a highway commute at 110 kms/hr (~70 mph). I haven’t changed any fluids, apart from the oil, and even then I have gone TONNES of kilometers over the recommended change frequency. I just topped up the oil tonight since the check engine icon recently appeared and I was indeed low. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157/44 "2014-10-31T06:37:42Z")
I’m still driving the Hyundai with the rebuilt transmission. Now up to 223,000 miles and running fine. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157/45 "2014-10-31T15:40:07Z")
I have a Kia and so do my two daughters and son-in-law. On the other hand, my son and his wife both own Hyundais plus had one with nearly 200K miles on it that they traded in on a newer Hyundai. And no we don’t live in Korea! All these cars together have had less non-routine maintenance in total than my wife’s PT Cruiser or my old Mercury Topaz. The PT never even made it to 100K miles before we dumped it as I could feel the automatic transmission going out - again! ---
**Author:** ![Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157/46 "2014-11-01T03:28:16Z")
I have a 2010 Kia Soul, that I bought last December with 55,000kms on the clock, in the last 11 months I have put 44,000kms on it, mostly stop and go city driving (I’m a medical courier), and so far have not had a problem. I am very pleased with both the car and the dealer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kias-good-cars-now/615157.md?page=2)